2015 Schedule
Interactive: March 13–17  •  Film: March 13–21  •  Music: March 17–22

Finding the Best API for Your Music App

Tuesday, March 17
3:30PM - 4:30PM

Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon A
500 E 4th St

Creating the backend architecture for a new music app can be daunting, with myriad legal issues, financial concerns, and time-management challenges to address. Many sites are being forced to enter into complicated negotiations with major record labels and publishers to avoid litigation, while others have shut down when these issues became too much to handle. However, by employing APIs, startups can quickly and legally add full music catalogs, online radio, song suggestions, tour dates, bios, photos, lyrics, and more, leaving them time to focus on what really matters: innovation. Explore the top APIs currently available and show young companies how to sort through them.

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Presenters

MODERATOR

Bill Wilson

VP of Digital Strategy & Business Dev

Music Business Association

As Vice President of Digital Strategy and Business Development, Bill Wilson leads the charge on all things digital at the Music Business Association (Music Biz), including initiatives such as metad...

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Rachel Scarpati

Sales Dir Business Dev

HFA

Mohamed Moutadayne

LyricFind

Tom Rettig

Sr Dir of Prod Mgmt Music

Gracenote

Frank Johnson

CEO

MediaNet

Details

Access
Music Badge, Interactive Badge, Gold Badge, Platinum Badge, Artist Wristband
Type
Solo / Dual / Panel
Theme
Technology
Level
Intermediate

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